What size wheels and tires are those? I got the same car and wanna go with the same rotas and wanna run coils, love how yours looks and would like to do the same

 

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the block is hot

 

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Seems to be Varrstoen ES2 powdercoated in purple.

 

look like rota grids to me

 

Definitely Rota Grids, I won't remember the exact set up or offset, but it was on adapters (22-25mm?) and they were a 17x9 with a 215/40 tire, i think. Probably not 100% correct, but I imagine that is close to the set up.

 

sounds pretty close to me ^ final offset was 0 in the front... mahbe haha

 

Hoping to finally join the ranks here end of the week. My STRs should be here by Friday...just hoping they get me the right fitment.

 

what did u end up going with?

 

18x8.5 +30 STR 601s. I figured if it doesn't get me the fitment I want I'll pick up 9.5s with tax return and sell the 8.5s. I think I'll be able to keep it low and get a nice stance with the 8.5s.

 

yea u should be fine and youll figure it out once u have all the pieces

 

Looks like I'm keeping her since no one wants to buy anything so I might as well finish her. Here's a pic of her before she's in pieces lol. Sorry for the shitty iPhone pic.

 

glad to hear you decided to continue onward

 

New wheels will be here on Monday...gonna be a long weekend!

Question...there's a lot of noise coming from the rear of my HHR...creaking and squeaking. I get under the car once a week and pull the rear coils out and WD everything. Seems like it's a little quieter for a few days then back to the sounds. This is the first car I've ever had coils on...is this the norm or could I have something going on? I've got Ksports with all locking rings removed.

 

Try using spray lithium grease. It will stay longer than wd40 will. My car creaks and squeaks too but i got used to it

 

I'm getting used to mine too...you can't really hear it outside the car...the hatch area kinda amplifies it through the car. I'll try some of that lithium grease and see if it works any better. Appreciate the help...

 

Being low is gay.

 

but does it hover

 

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Welp look what just popped up near me, these would look so much cooler than my 18x8 et40 enkei m52s lol.. but how to make them fit? I think id get crazy poke even if I run a 20mm adapter. But im not 100% certain of this. Anyone run staggered wheels on their balt?

 

The 18x9.5 with the 38mm with a 20 adapter brings it to a 18mm. that would be real aggressive for the rear. it would poke a lot. The 8.5 wouldn't be all that bad though. you would probably have to run a 215/40 on that and probably still hit the fender

 

those would fit just fine, well the fronts yea haha

i see youll do adapters which will require some fender rolling and some slight pull.

if u did a redrilled hubs the fronts would be fine. the rears would probably touch on the inside with that offset

+18 final offset all around is plenty good clearance on the inside, it will poke for sure


a gang of guys have ran staggered

 

So it sounds like redrilled is the way to go.. id like to run a 235 or 245/40 tire as im planning on putting go fast parts on as well. With a redrill I should be okay maybe with a slight roll/pull or a few degrees of camber in the rear? (Nothing stupid). Heres the catch though, im on sportlines.. no coils, yet.
I think theyll clear the brembos but if not I could do a 5mm spacer up front and it should make them fit pretty good.
Whats a redrill usually run?

 

Heres the stance id be shooting for, not crazy low, no need for stretch imo

 

u can get redrilled hubs for 320 shipped from jeff on here

the white car is on 17x9

im running 9.5 all around +30 with 5mm spacers on the front. rolled and slight pull on the good ole fenders

its really close on the rear. thats why the +38 on those wheels is probably touching on the inside

 

So I would probably need to redrill the hubs and run spacers since the smallest adapter I'd want to run is 20mm and that would be way too much poke correct?